We tried to take it easy over the holidays, but the news about neighbors and neighborhood spots has been coming in nonstop since our last roundup. This is going to be a two-parter, with more “Neighborhood in the News” links tomorrow.

They won’t let it go: It’s been a year since a gunman who bought into the internet conspiracies about Comet Ping Pong went to the restaurant. Owner James Alefantis tells WAMU about how the community rallied around Comet, his pride in his staff, and says that unfortunately, hateful conspiracies still circulate online.

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The hills call to us: Five years after The Washington Post’s Where We Live feature last marveled on the leafy-ness of Forest Hills, it checks back again to talk to more locals about why they’ve chosen to make their home here.

“It feels like you’re separated from the city a little bit, but everything you need is walking distance. I never expected to be able to walk to a park,” a three-year resident tells the Post.